Customer Demographic Comparison Report (Business Analyst)
Summary
Compares the demographic profiles of two customer files and reports on the differences.
Usage
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The report results are more easily interpreted using medians and averages.
Syntax
| Parameter | Explanation | Data Type |
CustomerLayer |
Select the primary customer layer to analyze. | Feature Layer |
InputBoundaryLayer |
The boundary file that defines the extent of the customers to be analyzed. | Feature Layer |
InputGeographyLayer |
The input feature layer that contains the data that can be selected to be compared in the report. This will commonly be the Block Groups. | Feature Layer |
InputFieldsToProfile [InputFieldsToProfile,...] |
Select from a list of available variables to compare. These variables are typically demographic variables. | Field |
ReportTitle |
Enter the name of the report. | String |
OutputFolder |
The file folder output path. | Folder |
UseSelectedCustomers |
Select this option to compare the first Customer Layer against selected features of that same layer in the report.
| Boolean |
UseSecondCustomerLayer (Optional) |
Select this option to compare the first Customer Layer with this layer in the report.
| Boolean |
SecondCustomerLayer (Optional) |
The second customer layer used in the comparison report. | Feature Layer |
UseSelectedCustomersSelectedLayer (Optional) |
Select this option to compare the first Customer Layer with selected features of the second Customer Layer in the report.
| Boolean |
ReportStyle (Optional) |
The report style for your reports.
| String |
ReportFormats (Optional) |
Select the desired report output format.
| String |
Code Sample
# Name: CustomerDemographicComparisonReport.py
# Description: Compares the current year total population and future year total population on selected customers from the San Francisco customer layer against the balance of that customer layer.
# Author: ESRI
# Import system modules
import arcview
import arcpy
arcpy.ImportToolbox("C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Business Analyst Tools.tbx")
try:
# Acquire extension license
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Business")
# Define input and output parameters for the Customer Demographic Comparison Report tool
Cust1 = "C:/My Output Data/Projects/Default Project/CustLayers/sf_custs/CustomerLayer1.shp"
Extent = "C:/My Output Data/Projects/Default Project/TradeAreas/Customer_Derived_TradeAreas.shp"
Geog = "C:/Program Files/ArcGIS/Business Analyst/Data/BDS/esri_bg.bds"
Vars = "TOTPOP_CY;TOTPOP_FY"
ReportName = "Customer_Demo_Report"
ReportDir = "C:/My Output Data/Projects/Default Project/Reports/Customer Demographic Comparison Report"
# Create the Customer Demographic Comparison Report
arcpy.CustomerDemographicComparisonReport_ba(sCust, false, true, #, sExtent, sGeog, sVars, sReportName, sReportDir)
# Release extension license
arcpy.CheckInExtension("Business")
except:
print arcpy.GetMessages(2)